Increase in Violence and Psychosis In Our Society

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There have long been murders and death in our society at the hands of others due to a number of different motives. So many of these "murders" could have been prevented or thwarted if only several factors were paid attention to. Many of these murders are undertaken by a person closely related to the victim. Many times, though not all, are committed by a male against a female. It could be a spouse, a lover, a friend or business acquaintance. It could be a stranger. These horrific acts are motivated by passion, jealousy, greed, envy, deviancy and many times by psychosis. Over the years, our justice system (in the United States) has become much more lax in terms of sentences and punishment of those who take another's life. Prosecutors have to prove "beyond reasonable doubt" that someone committed a crime, a killing. Sometimes this is most difficult as there may not be a lot of evidence to prove that the situation was a murder. Other times, there are substantial amounts of evidence and the case seems more likely to have a positive outcome for the prosecutor. I believe that our justice system has become so "politically correct" that it does not deem reasonable to enforce the death penalty anymore. What this leaves us with is more crowded prisons, more taxpayer money needed to support those convicted and a greater opportunity for those who have murdered to eventually be released and be afforded the opportunity to murder again. I also believe that the majority of those who have acted upon their inner demons and actually carried out violence towards another human being (and many times animals also) are unable to be rehabilitated and will go on to murder again if given the opportunity. This perpetuates crime, murder and injustice upon a society of mostly law-abiding, peaceful citizens. In order to help prevent these acts of violence, I think we must advocate for several things to happen. One thing would be to educate young people about the effects of violence, the warning signs, things to avoid in relationships and resources to help those who may display psychotic tendencies. I believe we need to provide psychiatric care for those who have defects within their souls in order to keep them off the streets and give humane care to those who are able to be "controlled" with medication. For the most part, these individuals cannot be rehabilitated and present an ongoing danger to society. For those who are so evil to the core and show no remorse, I believe the death penalty should be invoked. Many many instances have occurred whereby a persons falls through a crack in the justice system and has been allowed to roam freely to commit other crimes. I see a real problem in our society today in that violence and psychosis are on the rise. Our legislators and those who are influential in the "system" need to develop better strategies for dealing with these situations. We always have the tendency to think that it will not happen to me or my loved one but with the numbers of victims increasing daily, those chances are narrowed and we may just find that the horror of this out-of-control violence and psychosis is nearer to us than we could ever imagine.